The University of Washington won't officially confirm candidates in the search for a new athletic director.

But here's one name rumored to be on the list --- Dan Radakovich, the current AD at Georgia Tech.

As you can see from reading his bio, he has some big tie-ins to UW president Mark Emmert and his right-hand man, Scott Woodward, having worked at LSU from 2001-06. Emmert and Woodward were at LSU from 1999 to 2004 when they came to UW, so they would have worked with Radakovich for three years or so.

Anyone reading this doesn't need to be told that raising money to finance a renovation of Husky Stadium will be job one for a new AD (though the first big task could be deciding the fate of Tyrone Willingham, a decision that ultimately goes hand-in-hand with the stadium issues).